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Learn Portuguese (Portugal): desistir - to give up

Portuguese (Portugal)
/Starting and continuing (começar a, continuar a)
/desistir

desistir

Word

desistir

Meaning

to give up

Part of speech

verb

Pronunciation

Course

Portuguese (Portugal)

Lesson

Starting and continuing (começar a, continuar a)

Usages of desistir

A língua é difícil, mas não deves desistir.

The language is difficult, but you must not give up.

O teu progresso é bom, nunca deves desistir.

Your progress is good, you must never give up.

Ainda que a gramática seja difícil, não deves desistir.

Even if the grammar is difficult, you must not give up.

Eu não teria desistido da engenharia.

I would not have given up on engineering.

Ele vai alcançar o auge, a não ser que desista.

He will reach the pinnacle, unless he gives up.

Digam o que disserem, não desisto.

Whatever they say, I do not give up.

O bloqueio é frustrante; ora quero desistir, ora desato a compor.

The block is frustrating; sometimes I want to give up, sometimes I suddenly start composing.

Por constrangedor que seja o silêncio, o comediante não desiste.

However awkward the silence may be, the comedian does not give up.

O mediador desistiu. Posto isto, vamos retomar a paralisação.

The mediator gave up. Having said that, we are going to resume the stoppage.

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